Published
for the first time in English and based on the diaries and notes of Cardinal
Ferdinando Antonelli, a pivotal figure in the Catholic Church's liturgical-reform
movement both before and after the Second Vatican Council, The Development
of the Liturgical Reform shows that the Council's vision for the Mass has
yet fully to develop.

Author Nicola
Giampietro is an official of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline
of the Sacraments.

"This
study...helps us to understand the complex inner workings of the liturgical
reform prior to and immediately following the Council...[and] would help us
to see another side of the otherwise over-euphoric presentations of the conciliar
reform by other contemporary authors....The publication in English of this
interesting study would, I am sure, contribute greatly to the ongoing debate
on the post-conciliar liturgical reforms."

-- Albert
Malcolm Ranjith, Archbishop of Colombo Former Secretary, Congergation for
Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments.

"Nicola
Giampietro's book on Cardinal Ferdinando Antonelli and the developments of
the liturgical reform from 1948 to 1970 presents views that raise questions
and provide considerable material for discussion about the liturgical reform
before and after the Second Vatican Council."

-- Cardinal
Joseph Ratzinger, La Maison-Dieu, 2002

"An
essential reference point and a necessary corrective to the history of liturgical
reform before and after the Second Vatican Council."

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